When the Chinese immigrated to America in 1846 to escape poverty and famine and work hard, they were the first immigrant group to have discriminatory laws passed against them, and in exchange, they became the "model minority" (Lee, 2015) contributing to culture, religion, science, food, and politics.
Circa 1880
The Chinese Must Go! poster, 1885. Washington State Historical Society.
Circa 2012
Priscilla Chan, MD, Harvard, born to Chinese immigrant parents in Massachusetts
Priscilla Chan with husband, Mark Zuckerberg, Billion founder of Facebook (Forbes, 2012)